Meaning of tigga | Babel Free
Definitioner
- to beg (as a beggar)
- to panhandle
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to beg, to ask for figuratively
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to scrounge figuratively
Exempel
“en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)”
a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)
“försörja sig genom att tigga”
make a living by begging
“På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor”
In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor]
“tigga om några dagar ledigt”
beg for a few days off
“tigga till sig en cigarett”
scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette
CEFR-nivå
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.